At Blue Lock: All that matters is scoring. If you get the ball, you better score it yourself.
Now what would happen if a Midfielder with barely any experience who never looked to score in an actual game found himself in that place?
An Awakening
We pick the story back up NOT in Blue Lock, but in the Japanese U-20 training camp.
Houichi: The match is in 2 weeks! You are all the members of the Japanese U-20 team. The ones chosen for the sake of victory. And the long awaited new addition to our team-
He pink haired player walked in.
Houichi: Sae Itoshi!!
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SAE "MIDFIELD GENIUS" ITOSHI!!
Sae: ...
Players had different reactions, with some amazed, and others not so much. Shidou simply picked his nose with his pinky not paying much attention to anything being said.
Houichi: Sae, any fighting words for the team?
Sae: ... Be thankful you get to play football with me.
Most players listening to that seemed offended.
Sae: I don't have the slightest interest in most of you. Only one guy's got my attention. And since you'll never get a chance like this again... Do your best not to piss me off.
Player: Haha... Talk about confidence.
???: Get off your high horse, Genius.
A blonde player stood up, looking at Sae. This was a player known as Shuto Sendo.
Sendo: You might be a bit famous around the world, but you're just a second division player in the end aren't you? I'm a regular forward in the best team in Japan. So watch your mouth, because right now I'm above you.
Sae: ... What about it? As for you, you'll compete to be the top scorer in the nation, get in the national team, get an annual salary of 50 Million Yen, marry a Gravure Idol, and then live a happy life. That would be the peak of your soccer life.
Sendo hearing all this seemed to think it wasn't bad at all.
Sae: My singular interest is to be the best in the world. There is a fundamental different depth to our greed. Just now you thought the things that I listed didn't sound so bad right? That's how you know you'll never be the best in the world. Now piss off.
Sendo: OF COURSE I CAN BE THE-
Shidou leapt forward, slamming Sendo's head into the table.
Shidou: DREAM ON LOSER! BETTER LUCK IN YOUR NEXT LIFE!! Getting all hung up in some titles is lame!! You watch your own damn mouth, YOY DUMB ASS STRIKE-
Everyone heard a groan, looking at someone with their head down, using their arms as pillows.
???: Could you do me a favor and quiet the fuck down?
The male had black hair, as he looked up, tired.
???: Some of us didn't get a good nights rest...
He saw everyone getting ready to fight Shidou, looking at Sendo, who looked up with a slightly bloody nose.
